page_title: All Ireland Fleadh - Marching Band Competition
section_title: Junior Accordion
hierarchical_section_title: All Ireland Fleadh - Marching Band Competition / Competition / Junior Accordion
caption_attribution_description: English: St Brigids Junior Accordion Band
context_page_description: The All Ireland Fleadh takes place annually every year in different locations across Ireland. The marching bands competition is one of the many events that take place across a busy week at the Fleadh. The band competition takes place in an outdoor arena it must be 40 x 20 metres. After the results are announced all the bands parade around the host town showing off their silver ware. Over the last two decades the marching bands competition has seen a decline, 20 years ago there could have been 20-30 bands competing on the same day. Now it's seen as a good if turnout if there's 10-12 bands. This has been mainly due to lack of funding for these bands or unwillingness to compete at the Fleadh due to disagreements with the results. However the competitions still remain competitive especially in the Senior sections where any band could win and only one or two marks separates first and second place.
context_section_description: This competition was highly competitive for many years with five or six bands until recently when only one or two bands have competed. In 2008 and 2009 K and S Accordion Band one the title for two years in  a row, this was the 8th time they won this title and they retained it again in 2015. In 2010 St Brigids Junior Accordion Band won the title for the second time having previously won it in 2002 and they won it again in 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Fanad Accordion Band Donegal won the title they had won this competition many times in the past and they also won the senior accordion title in 1996 and 1997. In 2016 the only competitor was Holy Cross Junior Accordion Band Atticall, this was their first ever entry into the Junior section. In 2017 there were no competitors in this competition. In 2018 K and S accordion band made their first return to the All Ireland since 2015 and they won the Junior Accordion but they were the only competitors.
caption: St Brigids Junior Accordion Band
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